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Review | Shades of Milk & Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal
Read more: Review | Shades of Milk & Honey by Mary Robinette KowalTitle: Shades of Milk & Honey (Glamourist Histories #1) Author: Mary Robinette Kowal Read: 8th-10th March Genre: historical fiction; fantasy; romance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Mary Robinette Kowal’s Shades of Milk and Honey is the first book in her Glamourist Histories series, a set of novels which answer the surely proverbial question – what kind of stories would Jane…
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Review | The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
Read more: Review | The Alloy of Law by Brandon SandersonTitle: The Alloy of Law (2013) Author: Brandon Sanderson Read: 15th – 28th January 2016 Genre: fantasy; urban fantasy Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Alloy is a great way to characterise this entire novel – a hybrid of two elements that make this novel not quite high epic medievally fantasy but not quite completely urban or Wild…
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Review | Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Read more: Review | Burial Rites by Hannah KentTitle: Burial Rites (2013) Author: Hannah Kent Read: 18th-24th January 2016 Genre: historical fiction; mystery Rating: 5 out of 5 stars I know very little about Iceland, I know even less about Icelandic history, and I know precisely nothing about the 19th century justice system and capital punishment so choosing to read Hannah Kent’s historical fiction début novel Burial…
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Review | Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland
Read more: Review | Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore and Brian BollandTitle: Batman: The Killing Joke [Deluxe Edition] (1988/2008 deluxe edn.) Author: Alan Moore, Brian Bolland, Richard Starkings Read: 10th January 2016 Genre: graphic novel; comic book; superheroes Rating: 3 out of 5 stars As a person whose only exposure to Batman is centred entirely around Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale’s take on the caped crusader and on the brilliant-but-terrible-really…
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Review | Very Good Lives by JK Rowling
Read more: Review | Very Good Lives by JK RowlingTitle: Very Good Lives (2015) Author: J.K. Rowling Read: 10th January 2016 Genre: non fiction Rating: 5 out of 5 stars A published copy of J.K Rowling’s 2008 commencement speech given at Harvard University – such a synopsis rather cheapens what this little book contains. Aside from the beautifully packaged product which contains gorgeous illustrations…
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Review | Sally Heathcote, Suffragette
Read more: Review | Sally Heathcote, SuffragetteTitle: Sally Heathcote: Suffragette (2014) Author: Mary M. Talbot, Bryan Talbot, Kate Charlesworth Read: 21st December 2015 Genre: graphic novel; historical fiction; feminism Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Sally Heathcote: Suffragette is an admirable attempt to make what is already a pretty interesting social and historical movement even more interesting and accessible to a wider audience…
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Review: Viper Wine
Read more: Review: Viper WineTitle: Viper Wine (2014) Author: Hermione Eyre Read: 11th-20th September Genre: historical fiction (with plenty of glorious anachronism) Rating: 5/5 Links: Goodreads | Amazon Set in 1632 England, Viper Wine follows Venetia Stanley, a noblewoman once considered a beauty by society who is now less that impressed with what the ravages of time do to said infamous beauty.…
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Review: The Princess Diaries
Read more: Review: The Princess DiariesTitle: The Princess Diaries (2000) Author: Meg Cabot Read: 16th July Genre: Young-adult; humour; romance Rating: 4/5 Links: Goodreads | Amazon “Lilly says I have an overactive imagination and a pathological need to invent drama in my life.” Mia Thermopolis is just your average fourteen-year old girl, worried that she’s ugly, worried that her hair is dorky,…
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Review: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Read more: Review: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the UniverseTitle: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (2012) Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz Read: 27th-28th June Genre: Young-adult; contemporary; LGBTQ Rating: 4.5/5 Links: Goodreads | Amazon I open this review with a confession: I underlined so many quotes in this book. I’m generally not a person who underlines or annotates novels for the simple…
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